WASHINGTON INFORMER — In March 1968, three weeks before his death, Martin Luther King Jr. argued that government unemployment figures significantly underestimated the true joblessness in...
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Job prospects for Black women improved in June, as they recorded better employment numbers than the other...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – After falling into the single digits in April, the Black unemployment rate increased to 10.2 percent...
(Bloomberg) – Productivity over the past six months fell by the most in more than two decades, leading to increases in U.S. labor costs that...
(Bloomberg) – The American job market shows signs of entering a new stage that will bolster households as employers fight to retain and attract workers...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black unemployment rate rose to 11.1 percent in November, according to the latest jobs report...
CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Three days after voters registered their sourness about the U.S. economy, the government said Friday that employers...